River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-10-13
PremonItIens Of peath

Little Agnes Buckley, policeman :
daughter of Newbnryport, had a strong
realization of her approaching death.
although the physicians had not given
her up. On the day she died she called
her mother to the bedside to make ar
engagements for the funeral. and an
nounced that she had only a minnie or
two longer to live. just then the cate
clicked and she heard her father foot
steps coming up the walk Raising
herself in bed with her remaining
strength the child cried out: "Hurry
up. papa; I'll wait a minute for YOU.
The agOnized father heard the cry and
rushed up stairs to the bedroom. He
had barely time to take his daughter
in his arms when she whispered Good
by to him and expired.
A young woman employed as 4
domestic by a Denver family married a
private soldier in the regular army
year before and Immediately after the
wedding returned TO her service, while
her husband was sent out to Fort Union
in New Mexico. One afternoon. while
sitting in the kitchen she heard a rap
ping at the window, and on looking up
saw the face of her husband there. The
| apparitiOn remained for a minute with
out speaking and then slowly faded
away. The young woman ran scream
ing into the presence of the family, re-
lated the strange experience to them
and then tainted. Later in the DAY she
received "a telegram from the fort an
nouncing that her husband had died Of
1 fever the day before.
A Nashville lady dreamed one night
recently that her old school friend,
whose bridesmaid she had been ut her
wedding to a Virginia planter a year
before, had died suddenly and that she
was present at the funeral. The lady
related the dream TO her family aud re-
fused to be convinced that it was not
premonition of death A week later
delayed letter reached the lady inform
ing her that her friend had died AT about
the same time with the occurrence of
the dream.
A Confederate veteran related in
Americas. Ga, the other day, Il strange
NuAlNAutAANt mat IlAtliNttu the OEftLH Oh
Captain Wynn. gallant Georgian, Who
was killed al Gettysburg: The Captain
had frequently boasted that 1.-THE bullet
was not moulded that was to Law him
low" but on the day of the fight his
wife was startled to see the oil portrait
of her husband fall with crash 10 the
floor. from the wall upon which It hung
in her parlor. Singularly enough. the
only damage done to the picture was
in the shape of a small hole, which was
punctured through the forehead by a
chair-fOot. which the painting struck in
its fall. Two days later news came
from the field that the Captain had been
killed by a rifle bullet, which had struck
him squarely in the forehead.
Louisa Bean, the daughter of labor
er in Wednesday,, England made up
her mind TO emigrate to Australia, and
gained the consent of her parents just
before she was 10 sail, however. her
mother dreamed that the ship which
was to carry her daughter struck rock
near the Australian coast and Went
down with great loss of life. She sue
ceeded in dissuading Louisa from going
but not until the girls baggage had
been placed-on board the vessel and ey-
cry preparation made for her departure.
The ship went down as Mrs. Bean had
imagined it would. and among the lives
lost were those of several girls who were
to have Louisa companions.